citizens of Rome fled their home because of poverty or death, and it made it difficult to collect tax
population drop from 1 million to 250,000, thus it made military recruitment hard
higher class were more focused on benefiting themselves instead of others
cultural decline, with writings on superstition beliefs that previous generations disapproved
higher class stop having off strings because the people thought babies were in the way of living their life
Diocletian ruled from 284 - 305 C.E, tried to improve tax collections and political loyalties. He also set up another capital city that lead to the splitting of the empire
With a separate empire it began the Byzantine Empire in the East
Fell towards invaders
Decline in China and India
Towards 100 C.E Han China began their decline with lazy rulers, where they just heavily tax free peasants
Civil War was because rebellions from The Yellow Turbans who were Doaist leaders that spoke out to people to have a golden age because of magic. The leaders would attack the weak of the rulers.
Regional rulers destroyed the unity of China
Gupta emperors ruling locally were declining
Constant invasions from Huns were disrupting central India
With regional rulers, India still continued to evolve but with outside influences people began to believe in new faiths
Class language, Sanskrit decline
Hinduism and caste system still lives on after the decline
Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire was the result of the decline in Rome; When it was split the eastern part became Byzantine
First ruled by Justinian( ~ 527 to 565 C.E) whose main goal was to recapture the past culture of Rome
Did not control a big chuck of land, where Parthian conquerors had taken over land that was once captured by Alexander the Great
Much of the Byzantine Culture was influenced by the Persian Empire
Christianity spread around the Mediterranean area; Augustine a bishop in north Africa could not benefit the people in North Africa with believing in Christianity
In North Africa there was a separate church; Coptic church in Egypt which still today is the minority of Africa
Christians scholars stop writing and much of the past isn't there because the people thought they could not write as well as Augustine, culture drop even as times improved
Decline in China and India
Byzantine Empire